Freud’s Theory of Personality

• ID - (Latin “it; German “ES”)
  • “cauldron of seething excitement,” urges; pleasure principle
  • newborns 

• EGO (German for the lover case “i”)
  • reality/rational principle;
  • child learns to control urges so as to get what one wants (control bladder; wait for feeding; temper)

• SUPEREGO - (German for uppercase “I”)
  • Child learns about right/wrong
  • Self-punishment - guilt; feeling good

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